In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and that meant we had more engineers and we had more scientists and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace.

We shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.

There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."

[When I ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan] that was the first time in which I looked out at a crowd of West Point graduates and knew that some of those might not come back because of that decision.

A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears.

What is important is that we make sure to work together, that we understand our strength comes from unity and not division.

Nations are more successful when their women are successful.